1980 Liberian coup d'état

1980 Liberian coup d'état
	Photo of military immediately after the successful coup.
Date	April 12, 1980
Location	Monrovia, Liberia
Type	Military coup
Cause	Ethnic tensions between Americo-Liberians and indigenous Liberians
Motive	Regime change
Target	Executive Mansion, Monrovia
Organised by	Samuel Doe
Participants	17 members of the Armed Forces (NCOs and soldiers)
Outcome	Coup succeeds William Tolbert is overthrown and executed.; Thirteen members of the Tolbert administration are executed on 22 April 1980.; The People's Redemption Council is established by Samuel Doe to rule the country.; First Liberian Civil War begins.;

The 1980 Liberian coup d'état happened on April 12, 1980, when President William Tolbert of Liberia was overthrown and murdered in a violent coup. The coup was staged by an indigenous Liberian faction of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) under the command of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe. Following a period of transition, Doe ruled Liberia throughout the 1980s, until his murder in 1990 during the First Liberian Civil War.